LEADTOOLS DirectShow & Media Foundation Codecs

Vital to any multimedia application is efficient encoding and decoding of audio and video streams. LEADTOOLS provides world-class codecs that offer the highest compression, speed and playback quality of any other codecs on the market and will greatly enhance the performance of any .NET (C# & VB) and C/C++ application.

Below is a collection of audio and video codecs for Microsoft DirectShow and Media Foundation offered by LEADTOOLS. Multimedia files can be encoded with a variety of codecs, usually depending on the content and the objective of compressing the file. Whether you are creating files for playback on mobile devices, streaming over the web, archival, or any other purpose, LEADTOOLS has the right codec.

LEADTOOLS Audio and Video Codecs are very diverse and cover the gamut of multimedia features and technologies. Many codecs are included with base SDK products, while some can be added á la carte or bundled together with various add-on modules. See the Multimedia Product Comparison Chart for more details on how to obtain each codec.